New this week: Scary movies, Lainey Wilson, ‘Call of Duty’
October 24, 2022 GMTHere’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
Chastain and Redmayne on teaming up for ‘The Good Nurse’
September 13, 2022 GMTTORONTO (AP) — Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne’s careers were, perhaps, always on a collision course. Their similar red-haired, fair-skinned appearances have long been compared. At the 2017 Golden Globes when they presented together, host Jimmy Fallon introduced them by rapping “Chastain and the Redmayne” to the beat of Cypress Hill's “Insane in the Membrane.”
‘Cabaret,’ ‘Life of Pi’ win big at UK’s stage Olivier Awards
April 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — An intimate, sold-out production of “Cabaret” was the big winner at Sunday’s Olivier Awards, taking seven prizes including acting trophies for its high-voltage stars, Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley.
Winners of the 2022 Olivier Awards
April 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The winners of the 2022 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance:
Live theater in London, NYC grapple with new virus outbreaks
December 16, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once more as the live theater community grapples with backstage outbreaks of the coronavirus and its variants, temporarily closing everything from London’s revival of “Cabaret” starring Eddie Redmayne to mighty “Hamilton” in New York.
The cast of ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ on their SAG Awards win
April 5, 2021 GMTInstead of congregating on the stage of Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for their best-ensemble win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast of “The Trial of the Chicago 7” called in on Zoom...
JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender comments
June 10, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — “Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to “bow down" to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people...
Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ doesn’t exactly soar, but Jones does
December 3, 2019 GMTWould you like to ride in Eddie Redmayne's beautiful balloon?
Tom Harper's “The Aeronauts,” starring Felicity Jones and Redmayne, is loosely based on a record-setting 19th century balloon expedition into the atmosphere...
Review: Latest ‘Fantastic Beasts’ is a mixed bag of wonders
November 8, 2018 GMTLike the bottomless trunk totted by "magizoolologist" Newt Scamander, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is a mixed bag of wonders...
‘Fantastic Beasts’ stars: Grindelwald isn’t Trump, exactly
November 3, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp's charismatic leader at the center of the new "Fantastic Beasts" sequel isn't modeled on President Donald Trump...
Hundreds line Cambridge streets to honor Stephen Hawking
March 31, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in English city of Cambridge, with hundreds of well-wishers lining the streets for a glimpse of the hearse carrying his remains to a private funeral...